. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GEAZIlSrG IISTDUSTRY OF THE BLUEGEASS REGION. 13 or It is often remarked that ''the pastures are robbed to keep up the fertiUty of the plowed ; Perhaps one of the greatest sources of loss of fertility from pasture soils results from the poor location of the shade trees and brush. These should always be set on the higher portions of the field, and not along the banks of running streams, as so often is the case. (Fig. 11.) With good grass, the animals do not graze more than one-third of the. Fig. 11
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. GEAZIlSrG IISTDUSTRY OF THE BLUEGEASS REGION. 13 or It is often remarked that ''the pastures are robbed to keep up the fertiUty of the plowed ; Perhaps one of the greatest sources of loss of fertility from pasture soils results from the poor location of the shade trees and brush. These should always be set on the higher portions of the field, and not along the banks of running streams, as so often is the case. (Fig. 11.) With good grass, the animals do not graze more than one-third of the. Fig. 11.—Cattle in the shade on an elevated part of a pasture (upper part). Trees should be located in such places and not in the valleys or along running streams, as shown in the lowerillustration. time; the rest of the time is spent lying down or standing in the shade fighting flies. Hence, much of the manure that is made does not get back directly on the land that produced the grass. If the manure produced while the animals are not grazing is deposited on the tops of the hills, its beneficial effects on the grass may be noted for several rods down the hillsides. It is easy to believe that if one-half to two- thirds of the manure is lost from pasture fields and none is added, the crops must gradually Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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